What Happened in 1997

Street Fighter III 2nd Impact is Released

Released on October 1997, the second installment of Street Fighter III brought back all the characters from the first game and introduced two new... Read more

Raejean S. Bonham is Indicted for Mail Fraud and Money Laundering

Bonham owned and operated Atlantic Pacific Funding Corporation and World Plus, Inc., a business in Fairbanks selling to the public discounted... Read more

MST3K Ep. 818 - "Devil Doll"

A ventriloquist turns to hypnosis to transfer a person's soul into his dummy. Read more

"Boogie Nights" Is Released

Boogie Nights is a 1997 American drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Set in Southern California in the late 1970s and early... Read more

MST3K Ep. 819 - "Invasion of the Neptune Men"

A costumed hero in a flying rocket-car saves Earth (Japan?) from robot aliens. Stars martial arts films star Sonny Chiba as Space Chief. Read more

Mortal Kombat 4 is Released

Mortal Kombat 4 is the fifth and final arcade game in the Mortal Kombat series of fighting video games. It was later ported to the PlayStation and... Read more

Judas Priest release Jugulator

Jugulator is the 13th studio album by British heavy metal band Judas Priest. It was released in Japan on October 16, 1997 and the rest of the world... Read more

UFC 15: Collision Course

UFC 15: Collision Course was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 17, 1997, in Bay St. Louis,... Read more

1997 World Series

1997 World Series The four year-old expansion team known as the Florida Marlins represented the best (and worst) of parody in Major League... Read more

U2 releases "Please" single

"Please" is the fourth single from U2's 1997 album, Pop. As "Sunday Bloody Sunday", the song is about The Troubles in Northern Ireland. The... Read more

"Mogwai Young Team" by Mogwai Is Released

Mogwai Young Team (also known as Young Team) is the debut studio album by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai. Mogwai Young Team was recorded in... Read more

Deftones release Around the Fur

Around the Fur is Deftones' second major label album, released in 1997. The songs "My Own Summer (Shove It)" and "Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)"... Read more

Kiss releases Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions

Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions is Kiss' last album produced before the reunion of the original Kiss members. Recorded and slated for release... Read more

South Park Episode 107 - "Pinkeye"

The first Halloween episode starts off with the failure of the Mir Space Station, which crashes right on Kenny. An ambulance comes and takes his... Read more

Power Macintosh G3 Released

Although there were some initial teething pains - and some backlash from Mac professionals about putting an IDE drive in a Power Mac - the G3... Read more

Yes release Keys to Ascension 2

Keys to Ascension 2 is a double album by the British progressive rock group Yes and was released in 1997. It is the successor to the critically... Read more

Yes release Open Your Eyes

Open Your Eyes is the eighteenth album by progressive rock band Yes and was released in 1997. The follow-up to the twin projects Keys to Ascension... Read more

Soundgarden release A-Sides

A-Sides is a compilation album by the American grunge band Soundgarden with songs spanning the band's thirteen year career. It was released on... Read more

Jay-Z releases second studio album "In My Lifetime, Vol. 1"

In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 is the second studio album by American rapper Jay-Z, released on November 4, 1997. The album received positive reviews from... Read more

Stephen King publishes The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass

Wizard and Glass is the fourth book in the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. This book is subtitled "REGARD." The novel was nominated for a Locus... Read more

MST3K Ep. 820 - "Space Mutiny"

An apoplectic but hunky hero helps the commander (Cameron Mitchell) of a colony spaceship (that re-uses shots from the original Battlestar... Read more

Starship Troopers Released in the US

Starship Troopers is a Dutch-American 1997 military science fiction film, written by Robert A. Heinlein (novel) and Edward Neumeier (screenplay),... Read more

The Montreal Screwjob

The Montreal Screwjob was the real life double-crossing of defending WWF Champion Bret Hart by Vince McMahon, the owner of the World Wrestling... Read more

Apple Introduces the PowerBook G3

The first Macintosh PowerBook G3, codenamed "Kanga" was introduced in November 1997. At the time of its introduction, the PowerBook G3 was... Read more

Venom release Cast in Stone

Cast in Stone is the ninth album by the heavy metal band Venom, and also the first album in 12 years to feature the original lineup. Recorded at... Read more